Posts Tagged ‘Fun’

newsday:

Some New Yorkers stuck in small apartments on a hot summer day have a new option: swimming in huge bins that once held trash.

The idea for the unlikely urban club came from David Belt, president of Macro Sea, a Manhattan design firm.

A contractor loaned him the three big metal bins and they were cleaned, lined with plastic and filled with water. Belt then rented an abandoned Brooklyn lot through the end of August.

And suddenly, he had himself three swimming pools, surrounded with lounge chairs, grills and a few cabanas.

It’s an experiment for now, not open to the public. Macro Sea is hosting private parties, film screenings and lectures at the trash bins-turned-into-pools.

Gives new meaning to the phrase “dumpster diving”.

Photo by Macro Sea.

From Business Opportunities Weblog.

 
photo credit: aloshbennett

Tim Berry recently posted an article suggesting that the age of newspapers is on it’s way out if not already out. However, I do still see many people today reading newspapers including myself. I think there is still a great deal of people who rely on the newspaper for their news, but yes, there are much more people that don’t bother with them anymore. Look below to enjoy some common reasons why people will miss their newspapers.

• They are great for starting fires.
• Newspapers make very fashionable party hats for any occasion.
• For the use around the house, you never know when you’ll need something to wrap breakables in.
• Making yourself feel good about recycling them.
• Wrapping presents. Although this one i don’t think gets used quite often, it’s not very pretty wrapping material.

Quality international and investigative journalism.

From Business Opportunities Weblog.

Mental Floss:

Just because a celebrity endorses it doesn’t make it great.

Hulk Hogan’s Thunder Mixer
Hulk Hogan has claimed that the George Foreman Grill was originally offered to him, but he didn’t respond in time. The manufacturer then called George Foreman, who chose to endorse the grill instead of a blender, which became the Hulk Hogan Thunder Mixer.

Sylvester Stallone Pudding
This may be my favorite – Rocky sold pudding! Now I realize it’s actually a high-protein snack for people who want to add protein to their diet, but I really don’t care. It’s still called Sylvester Stallone Pudding, and that’s funny. There are still sites that sell this product, but it’s listed as discontinued, which is too bad for Sly.

Cheech Hot Sauce
Did you know there is actually an entire line of Cheech Marin Foods? The line of Cheech hot sauces includes Smokin’ Chipotle, Gnarly Garlic, and Mojo Mango. You have to believe Marin welcomes the comedic overtones of a hot sauce endorsed by a famous stoner.

Danny DeVito’s Premium Limoncello
I don’t even know what limoncello is. But I’m buying whatever Danny DeVito is selling. You may recall, DeVito once appeared on The View in a somewhat inebriated state, and at the time he blamed it on too many limoncellos. So the fact that he’s now endorsing this lemon-flavored Italian liqueur leads me to believe one thing – he knows the product.

From Business Opportunities Weblog.